Debt Collectors Hall Of Shame

How Much Does It Cost If You Get Caught Using Illegal Debt Collection Practices? The ACB Companies (American Creditors Bureau) May 6, 1987 $350,000 in civil penalties American Family Publishers magazine subscription marketer April 24, 1990 Charged Allied Bond & Collection Agency, Inc. (Allied) February 13, 1996 $140,000 civil penalties NCB Collection Services Inc And Attorney Thomas P. Tedeschi October 17, 1989 $40,000 Penalty G&L Financial Services, Inc (Goldman & Levine) May 16, 1996 $10,000 Civil Penalty Great Lakes Collection Bureau August 30, 1995 $150,000 civil penalty IS International (ISI) July 23, 1996 $10,000 civil penalty Nationwide Credit, Inc October 6, 1998 $100,000 civil penalty National Financial Services ("NFS") 1 March 13, 1998 $625,810 Penalty National Financial Services (NFS) 2 July 24, 1995 $550,000 PENALTY Payco American Corporation (PAC) March 8, 1995 $500,000 civil penalty Account Portfolios, Inc.(API) subsidiary, Perimeter Credit, L.L.C Feb.18, 1999 $300,000 civil penalty Miller-Plante, INC., and H&S Industries, INC June 9, 1998 Charged General Electric Credit Corp(GECC)+Montgomery Ward Credit Corp Aug.10,1998 $97.5 Million Settlement First North American National Bank, owned by Circuit City Stores Nov. 20, 1998 $11.7 Million Settlement May Department Stores Company November 2, 1998 $22 million and $125,000 American Billing & Collections, Inc Aug. 27, 1998 $25,000 Settlement Nationwide Credit, Inc., dba: Credit Claims & Collections MAY 26, 1992 $100,000 civil penalty Trans Continental Affiliates (TCA) MAY 17, 1995 civil penalties $10,000 each violation Checks Plus Collections January 25, 1996 SANCTIONED for12 violations Federated Department Stores-The Bon-Bloomingdale's-Macy's Feb. 18, 1998 $7.5 Million settlement Sears, Roebuck & Co September 3, 1997 pays $950,000  for illegal debt collections Find Out Anything About Anyone?